Once a year, Muslim pilgrims flowing into Saudi Arabia unite in a series of religious rituals and acts of worship as they perform the Hajj, one of the pillars of Islam. As they fulfill a religious ...

The final month of the Islamic calendar, Dhul Hijjah, has begun. Some Muslims will prepare to make their way to Saudi Arabia to perform an obligatory spiritual journey called Hajj, or pilgrimage. The ...

Although many non-Muslims see the main focus of the month in daily fasting, Islam encourages its followers to better ...

Muslims believe that the steps of the Hajj correlate to the story of Hagar, the second wife of Abraham whom he married after Sarah was childless What is Hajj?The annual Hajj pilgrimage is one of the ...

Flooding in the Florida Shores neighborhood back in October. The flooding has been an ongoing problem. Once a year, large numbers of Muslim pilgrims converging on Saudi Arabia unite in religious ...

MECCA, Saudi Arabia - More than 2 million pilgrims were gathered in the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia on Friday to perform initial rites of the hajj, an Islamic pilgrimage that takes the faithful ...

Ramadan 2026 is approaching. Learn everything you need to know about the holy month, including when it starts, why Muslims fast and its traditions.

TIME.com: Thirty-five people died Monday in a stampede during Islam’s annual hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia. Fatal accidents have become commonplace during the pilgrimage over the past decade, as ...